Growing Rift among Takfiri Groups in Syria’s Idlib
DAMASCUS (Tasnim) – The terrorist Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, formerly known as al-Nusra Front, has failed to unify various terrorist and rebel groups operating in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province.
According to Tasnim dispatches, the rift between Takfiri groups is getting deeper day by day as the army and its allies have the upper hand over the militants across Syria.
A recent struggle by the al-Nusra Front to close ranks in the face of army advances on various fronts has failed and major Takfiri groups fighting in Syria are fractured more than anytime.
A nationwide ceasefire in Syria, brokered by Russia and Turkey, still holds across the Arab country.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, a key ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad, announced the ceasefire on December 29.
A number of rebel groups have signed the agreement, Russia's Defense Ministry said. Several rebel officials acknowledged the deal, and a spokesman for the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA), a loose alliance of insurgent groups, said it would abide by the truce.
In a sign that the latest truce could be as challenging to maintain as its predecessors, there was confusion over which rebel groups would be covered by the ceasefire.
The Syrian army said the agreement did not include terrorists from Daesh and Jabhat Fateh al-Sham militant group.
Syria has been gripped by civil war since March 2011 with various terrorist groups, including Daesh (also known as ISIS or ISIL), currently controlling parts of it.
